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Dear John,
Among all of the pressing issues impacting people across the country, the
House of Representatives decided to waste taxpayer dollars by passing an
unconstitutional bill to ban the social media app TikTok. This latest
stunt is not only a waste of time, it would violate and limit the free
speech of the over 150 million Americans who use the app.^1
[ [link removed] ]But it's not too late. We can come together to stop this. Will you sign
the petition to say NO to a TikTok ban NOW?
After members of Congress in the House of Representatives voted to pass
the ban on TikTok, it was revealed that some of those who voted for the
TikTok ban may own $29 million to $126 million worth of stock in TikTok's
competitors, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Snapchat.^2
This means that many of the same politicians who voted for a TikTok ban
would financially benefit from it. It's unacceptable.
[ [link removed] ]Will you add your name to the petition to tell Congress NOT to ban
TikTok?
If the goal is to address legitimate concerns around Big Tech and data
security, Congress should enact strong privacy and antitrust laws, not ban
individual apps. Congress could pass strong privacy and antitrust laws
instead of wasting their energy AND taxpayer money doing something no
regular working person wants or needs.
[ [link removed] ]The government should not be able to dictate how we express ourselves
online. Click here to sign the petition to say NO to a TikTok ban.
Sign the Petition
Members of Congress are claiming that banning TikTok is an issue of
national security and data privacy; meanwhile, little has been done to
pass a comprehensive data law that protects us from all social media
companies.
In 2018, it was revealed that a data analytics firm that worked with
Donald Trump's election team harvested 50 million Facebook profiles of
American voters. This was one of Facebook's biggest data breaches ever,
and the data was used to build a software program that influenced the 2016
election by targeting them with political advertisements.^3
[ [link removed] ]TikTok shouldn't get singled out when privacy, data tracking, and data
harvesting are issues with ALL social media platforms. Click here and sign
the petition to say NO to a TikTok ban.
The truth is, data privacy is a huge issue. Companies track our data, our
conversations, and the things we view on social media platforms all the
time, and use it to target us and then sell our information to third
parties.^4 But this isn't just a TikTok issue. It's a Big Tech issue. And
just banning TikTok won't fix it. Only passing strong national privacy
legislation will truly protect us and our data, not banning individual
apps. And together, we can demand it.
[ [link removed] ]In the meantime, we must come together to ensure that members of
Congress don't avoid the real issues at hand and that they don't violate
our free speech by banning TikTok. Click here to sign the petition.
And while some politicians have a financial incentive to pass a TikTok
ban, small businesses–and the people who run them–would take a major hit.
More than 5 million small businesses have TikTok accounts, and TikTok
generated $14.7 BILLION in revenue just last year, which created more than
224,000 U.S. jobs.^5,6
Suddenly banning TikTok and taking away that source of income could be
financially devastating for millions of people across the country. We
can't let that happen.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to tell members of Congress to DROP the TikTok ban
NOW. Then send it to three friends to spread the word.
Thanks for all you do.
–MoveOn
P.S. This petition was created on MoveOn, where anyone can start their
own online petitions. [ [link removed] ]You can start your own petition to push for
progressive change here.
Sources:
1. "Banning TikTok is a Really Bad Idea," ACLU, May 11, 2023
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2. "Politicians Who Voted to Ban TikTok May Own as Much as $126 Million
in Tech Stocks," Gizmodo, March 22, 2024
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3. "Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge
Analytica in major data breach," The Guardian, March 17, 2018
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4. "Opinion: Banning TikTok isn’t just a bad idea. It’s a dangerous one,"
CNN, April 16, 2023
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5. "How A U.S. TikTok Ban Could Stomp Out 5 Million Small Businesses,"
Forbes, March 25, 2024
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6. "Debunking 4 myths about TikTok," ABC News, March 15, 2024
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